The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-10

while Spain, England, Portugal and France
rounded empires in the world. It
Is very easy to count up many great
scientific inventors and discoveries, like
Gaiiieo Ito say nothing of his other DIS
coveries. that of measuring time by the pendu-
iuml. Galvani. Volta, ETC.; but how much do we
owe 10 more recent days to practical invention
oy Italians, like that of stearine candles made
from lard-the invention of one of Garibaldi's
exiled companions who accompanied the hero
20 america. ana while others profited by it he
died poor man. / might multiply hundreds of
instances which verify the proverb, but to re-
turn to our subject.
lions are. as general thing. rather hard upon
one another, there some which are rather
nattering. For instance. in regard to England,
among the French and Germans 'the word En-
eiish is synonymous with honesey and probity.
and with certainty of payment of debts" The
RUSSIAN says. IAN Establishments soul is upon
end of his tongue" In other language, one is q
man of deeds, the other only of words.
have often heard Frenchmen say that Paris
was "a paradise for women and dogs. but hell
for men and horses" / have. however, come
across a similar saying in Italian but not appli-
cable to France. 1t is this: THE English speak
disc for women, hell for horses and purea-
tory for domestics.' The Servian says: s'Three
Turks and three Greeks, and you have ak
knaves.' The Greek proverb paws the
Servian back in his own coin, for it saws, ..Sus.
pect an old Turk and distrIst young Servian"
The Russian pretends that 'the Greek cannot
tell tell, the truth only once in year." and adds:
The gypsy is cheated by the Jew. the Jew is
cheated by the Greek and the Greek
is only cheated by the devil himself"
It uss adm Gas that .Ss re she ssk but
and has just as entire satisfaction in himself.
and as much contempt for others and for straight
for ward measures as Sim Coy, of Indianapolis.
The Poles say, 1.-THE italian reflects before he
does piece Of foolishness, the German when
he does it, and the Polander after he
idea, various languages were known
long before toe confusion at the Tower OF Babel,
az may be seen by the last of these sayings.
which quote from this collection: ''The SER
pent deceived Eve in the Italian Eve took
Adam in by using Bohemian. God cursed them
both in German, and the angel chased
in pure Hungarian" This is very good,
but it doesn't begin to come up in egotistical SUBJ
Unity to the assumption of the pompous old
Spaniards TO the Castilian language. Charles
V. said that in that tongue God ought alone
to be addressed in PRAYER" One eminent Span
ish prelate has assured us that Spanish was I'M
doubtedly the language of Paradise. while an
other equally eminent and equally authoritative
ecciesiastic. with no doubt whatever about it,
says that 1.-The hallelujahs chanted by the angels
and the just made perfect around the throne of
heaven are in no other language than the purest
Castiiianr
began this letter by referring to one whose
career had been in Indianapolis for more than
half century, and now wish, in
closing, to refer to who has COM
paratively recently become citizen
Of Indianas capital In recent number of the
Journal noticed brief sketch of your city
librarian, and rejoced that you had one capa-
BILE at the head OF that i'm portant institution.
think it was in 1879 or 1880 that. one morning, I
visited the High-schoo in Peru, Ind After the
opening of the school. but before any
lessons were begun, I saw Mr. Hoop
er, to whom had been previously
introduced, go to blackboard upon which he
had written the teegraphic dispatches from
England, France Germany, Russia and Turkey,
as well the chief telegraphc items of news
from various parts Of our country. Mr.. Hooper
The was at the head of the high-school) briefly
called attention to the news at home and abroad,
and by questions. and by intelligent comments
put the scholars Eau courant' with the
world. It may have been, for aught
know, custom in some other
schools, but it was the first time that had wit
nessed either in Europe America. such sensi-
Bile and such interesting instruction, and it i'm
medately nailed to my memory the man who
inaugurated it in Peru. I afterwards met MIR.
Hooper at Rensselaer,. on the coolest day in the
winter of 1881, and felt that the schools of that
little city had the right superintendent. And
now that he enters upon his fifth year libra
rian in Indianapolis feel that you have ''the
right man in the right place."
j. G. FLETCHER.